The Connecticut Dept.
of Agriculture has issued a stop-sales order to a raw milk supplier whose
products made a New Jersey woman ill, prompting a health warning from the
federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

The CDC recommends
that anyone who drank raw milk or consumed raw milk products from Udder Milk in
the past six months visit their doctor for antibiotics to prevent illness.

The company is based
in New York and New Jersey and delivers milk in Connecticut, New Jersey, New
York and Rhode Island. All four states have issued stop-sales orders.

Udder Milk products
are not sold in stores. Customers order online and pick up the products from a
delivery van at a pre-arranged location. The only known drop-off location in
Connecticut is in Greenwich.

No illnesses have
been reported in Connecticut.

According to the CDC,
the contaminated products may cause infection with a rare but potentially
serious germ called Brucella abortus. While Brucella can cause anyone to
become sick, women may suffer miscarriage and other pregnancy complications
making it critical for pregnant women who may have consumed the raw milk from
Udder Milk to seek medical care immediately.

In late September, a
New Jersey woman became ill after drinking raw milk from the company. The CDC
confirmed her illness was Brucella in late October. Because Udder Milk has
not provided information about the farms that supply their milk, it has not
been possible to trace the source of the woman’s infection.

The U.S. Department
of Agriculture and the U.S Food and Drug Administration are working with state health and agriculture
officials to trace the source of the contaminated raw milk and raw milk
products.

Raw milk is not
pasteurized. Public health authorities remind consumers that pasteurized milk
is safe because the pasteurization heating process destroys bacteria that may
cause human illness.

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